Detachable foot for screens



(No Model.)

W. J. QUARRY. DETACHABLE FOOT FOR SCREENS, &c.

No. 604,215. Patented May 17,1898.

UNITED STATES \VILLIAM J'. QUARRY, O

PATENT OFFICE.

F NEWPORT, KENTUCKY.

D ETAOHABLE FOOT FOR SCREENS, 84C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 604,215, dated May 17, 1898.

Application filed November 8, 1897. Serial No. 657,823- (No model.)

To all whom, it ntoty concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM J. QUARRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newport, in the county of Campbell and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Detachable Feet for Screens, &c. and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, reference being had to the annexed drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention comprises a peculiar construction of detachable foot'for supporting screens, show cards, advertising illustrations, and other similar devices which must be shipped in a perfectly flat condition and yet be maintained in an erect position in stores and other places where they are displayed. Said foot is designed more especially to take the place of the supporting devices seen in Letters Patent No. 393,175, granted to me November 28, 1888, and its construction will be readily understood by referring to the annexed drawings, in Which Figure 1 is a perspective View of the back of a screen, showing my detachable foot separated therefrom. Fig. 2 is an end elevation showing said screen secured to the foot. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the foot. and screen, a portion of the latter being broken away and the standard of the foot sectioned in the plane of a fastening device. Fig. tis an enlarged horizontal section of the foot-standard and its immediate accessories, taken in the plane of the line Z Z of the preceding illustration. Fig. 5 is a modification of the invention.

The foot proper, A, may be of any size, shape, and material best adapted for the use it is to be put to and usually has at top a transverse notch B, and in line with the rear wall or side of said notch a rigid standard 0. This standard may be vertioal'or slightly inclined rearward to counteract any tendency of the screen to fall forward, and in some cases said standard is pierced transversely at c to admit a nail or screw or other convenient fastening D. The screen, show-card, or other display medium E is secured to a frame, of which portions of a side strip F, bottom strip G, and cross-strip II are shown, although the special method of stiffening this screen is a matter of no importance. Secured to the horizontal strips G H are vertical cleats I J, pierced transversely at t j to admit the nail D. Furthermore, these cleats are parallel and a sufficient distance apart to form a passage K, capable of being traversed by the standard 0, it being understood that the above-described system of strips and cleats is applied to the rear of the screen, so as to be concealed from its front. This screen is so applied to the foot as to cause the standard C to traverse the vertical passage K, and as soon as the lower edge of strip G is seated within the notch or socket B the nail D is run home, therebysecurely uniting the two members A and E. Another precisely similar foot is then secured near the other side of the screen, and to prevent it being knocked or blown over a board may be laid upon the back part of the feet, as indicated by the dotted lines a in Fig. 2, which board may be loaded with bricks or other convenient weights to increase the stability of the structure. It is evident that the fastening D can be readily withdrawn at any time and the foot packed up snugly against the back of the screenframe, so as to enable all the parts to be transported in a fiat knockdown condition.

In the modification of my invention seen in Fig. 4 a hook Dis substituted for the nail or pin D, thus indicating that any suitable fastening may be used for securing the screenframe in the notch B of the foot. In Fig. 5 this notch is omitted from the foot A, and the standard C has a pair of perforations c c to admit two pins or nails. Whichever one of these constructions may be adopted, the result will be the same-that is to say, the vertical cleats I J, by fitting snugly against the opposite sides of the standard 0, prevent any lateral shifting of the screen, while said screen, by resting directly upon the foot A, no matter whether it is notched or unnotched, causes said foot to sustain the entire weight of the structure. Consequently there is no dead-weight resting upon thefastening-pin D, the only duty of said device being to prevent the screen toppling over to the front or rear and to prevent the accidental detachment of the foot when said screen is raised bodily.

I claim as my invention- 1. The foot A, the standard 0, projecting upwardly therefrom; a screen-frame including a pair of vertical cleats I, J, and a fastener for retaining it in place; said parts being so combined and fitted together as to cause said foot to support the dead-Weight of said frame, While lateral shifting is prevented by said cleats bearing against the opposite sides of said standard, thereby relieving said fastener of any material strain, all as herein described.

2. The foot A, having a transverse notch B in its upper edge; a rigid standard 0, projecting upwardly from said foot, in the rear of said notch B, and provided with a perforation c; a screen-frame having attached to its back a pair of cleats I, J, provided, respectively, with perforations z j; and a fastener D, adapted to traverse said perforations c, 1', j; said parts being so combined and fitted together as to cause said foot to support the dead-Weight of said frame, while lateral shifting of the frame is prevented by said cleats bearing against the opposite sides of said standard,th.ereby relieving said fastener from any material strain, all as herein described and set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM J. QUARRY.

\Vitnesses;

JAMES H. LAYMAN, J ESSE M. SIMON. 

